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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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